by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Boston: Cybercriminals have breached Accenture in an apparent ransomware attack but the global consulting giant says the incident was immediately contained with no impact on it or its systems. The LockBit ransomware gang announced the attack Tuesday night on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Few paid much attention when she first turned up at the center of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s packed cafeteria on Friday, a stack of leaflets in one hand and a megaphone in the other. It had been more than a week since she accused her boss of sexual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
E- commerce giant Amazon has partnered with Insurance broker Marsh to offer product liability coverage to small businesses. Amazon announced it is creating the insurance network-Amazon Insurance Accelerator- along with implementing a new policy of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
United Nations: The COVID-19 numbers in the South-East Asia region peaked in early May and have since largely plateaued over the past month mainly due to cases in India remaining stable and consistent decreases in Indonesia and Myanmar over the past month, the WHO has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: Covid infections are rising in the US, even requiring hospitalisation, amid soaring infections from the Delta variant of Covid-19 and lagging vaccination rates, media reports said. The American Academy of Pediatrics, in its latest update, said there were...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate which can be administered through the nose showed a reduction in both the impact of the disease and transmission of the virus in pre-clinical animal trials, scientists say. Researchers at Lancaster University in the UK immunised...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Facts, Health
Coimbatore: A very rare form of bone tumour was detected in a nine-year-old girl during a checkup for a swelling in the thigh. Coimbatore's first successful bone tumour operation without the need for amputation was performed at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital. In March...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021, amid din over the opposition demanding a discussion on the Pegasus snooping...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid is around 83% effective against the Delta variant, lower than previously thought, health minister Mikhail Murashko said. The vaccine’s developers in June said Sputnik V was 90% effective against the variant.”...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has sacked one of its personnel from service for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, which has been made a service condition, the central government has told the Gujarat High Court. Additional Solicitor General Devang...
